Is that Your Mom? A Qualitative Investigation of White Mothers of Non-White Children in the United States and in New Zealand

Autor/in	Robinson-Wood, Tracy Lynn
Titel	Is that Your Mom? A Qualitative Investigation of White Mothers of Non-White Children in the United States and in New Zealand
Quelle	In: Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 4 (2010) 4, S.226-238 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1935-3308
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Racial Identification; Cultural Pluralism; Foreign Countries; Racial Factors; Adoption; Ethnic Groups; Interviews; Family (Sociological Unit); Adolescents; Blacks; Pacific Islanders; African Americans; Gender Issues; Social Bias; Social Attitudes; Family Structure; New Zealand; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Kulturpluralismus; Ausland; Ethnie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Familie; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Black person; Schwarzer; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Afroamerikaner; Geschlechterfrage; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Neuseeland; USA
Abstract	Twenty-eight biological and adoptive White mothers of non-White children were interviewed in New Zealand and in the United States. Through a thematic analysis of transcribed interviews and interview notes, 7 primary themes emerged (a) looking like a family means looking alike and looking White, (b) mothering as vulnerability, (c) teen girls' perceptions of Black and Maori men as unattractive and frightening, (d) a lot of not talking about race, (e) the eventuality of racism, (f) hostility from Black and Maori women, and (g) interracial families as representative of mothers' multiculturalism or colorblindness. Study limitations and implications for future research are discussed. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10